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Title The Invitation Exhibit
Date August 28, 1958
Description Image shows a sign that is part of exhibit #4 at the Peaks of Otter visitor center. The sign is titled "an invitation..." and it discusses the nature of the exhibits in the visitor center. The image was taken at the Peaks of Otter visitor center, near milepost 85.9 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Earl W. Estes, Jr. on August 28, 1958. The sign reads:

These exhibits show the relationships between plants and animals, including man, that you can observe at the Peaks of Otter. To this inter-relationship among living things, science applies the name ecology... Watch for similar inter-relationships along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter Visitor Center
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.445786
Longitude: -79.608097
Creator Individual Earl W. Estes, Jr.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Exhibitions
Interpretive development
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Visitors' centers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway